Daily Devotional from Numbers 22--Verse 38bThe word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.Nothing could convince Balaam to say other than what God wanted him to say. If you search www.openbible.info for 'what does the Bible say about how we should talk' you will find a LOT! Our words can bring life or death. They can build up and tear down. Just like God didn't want Balaam cursing his peopl...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 21--Verses 8-9So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.The people complained against not just Moses in this instance, but against God himself. They became discouraged on the journey and “loathed” God’s provision for them. The serpents were sent as judgement and many died from their b...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 20--Verse 8Tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water.So, what did Moses do? He struck it. Twice! Why? Because he was angry.Be careful of acting out in anger. Sure, you probably have a reason, quite likely a very good reason for being angry. But before you pop off at the mouth and before you walk off and slam the door, ask yourself a simple question, ‘is it wo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 19--Verse 9bAnd they shall be kept for the water for impurity for the congregation of the people of Israel; it is a sin offering.Clean, unclean, and water are words we see repeated over and over throughout these passages. God gave direction again and again to the people of Israel on the care they were to undertake in order to be set apart.But, just like us, the Israel...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 18—Verse 7b…I give your priesthood to you as a gift…One of the most honored gifts God gives is to serve the Most High as a Priest. The gift was not to be taken lightly. There were many requirements, and Holiness and reverence through ritual were more important than anything they did. They recognized that God was Holy and must be treated with honor and respect, just as...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 17—Verse 8On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.Imagine that! A staff of dead wood miraculously coming to life, forming buds, then blossoms, then ripe almonds — the dead brought to life — confirming the priesthood of...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 16--Verses 47-48So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.Many times in the Old Testament you see the wrath of God halted; what stopped His wrath? P...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 15--Verse 32While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.God takes the Sabbath rest seriously. And while we are not bound by the Law, the Sabbath is something that benefits us greatly. In Hebrews 4:10 it says of the Sabbath, “for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 14--Verse 3 (CSB)Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?It’s easy to read this story and get frustrated at the Israelites. Their cries have been heard, God delivered from oppression, and now leads them in a pillar of cloud and fire, and he feeds them d...  Read More

May 31Daily Devotional from Numbers 13--Verse 30But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it."God promised a national homeland for the children of Israel. As they left Egypt and approached the Promised Land, the Lord told Moses to send men to check out the land of Canaan.Spies - one from each of the 12 tribes - were se...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 12—Verses 6-8aAnd he said, “Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream. Not so with my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house. With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD.”I love reading Bible stories. The Old Testament prophet...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Numbers 11—Verse 1And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.It’s a repetitive theme. The people complain. About their leaders, about God, their circumstances, what they don’t have, or what they don’t lik...  Read More